Cognitive Decline Delayed By Three Lifestyle Changes

Simple lifestyle changes might delay the start of dementia or slow its progression.

HealthDay News — Simple lifestyle changes might delay the start of dementia or slow its progression, according to a report released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Alan Leshner, PhD, CEO emeritus of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, led the committee that compiled the report. The team assessed research measures that might delay mild mental decline or Alzheimer's-type dementia.

"There is good cause for hope that in the next several years much more will be known about how to prevent cognitive decline and dementia, as more clinical trial results become available and more evidence emerges," Leshner said in a National Academies news release. "Even though clinical trials have not conclusively supported the three interventions discussed in our report, the evidence is strong enough to suggest the public should at least have access to these results to help inform their decisions about how they can invest their time and resources to maintain brain health with aging."